sandylpn03

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1. Question about Hurst content.

   sandylpn03 replied to smarge117's topic in NCLEX

   I took the live review and LOVED it. It helped me refresh on a lot of things. I highly recommend taking it. You'll have a great time too. It's fun. Sandy

2. Just need to vent.... long

   sandylpn03 replied to sandylpn03's topic in General Students

   Thanks to all of you for your kind words, unfortunately I had to quit today. I was put back in the hospital yesterday due to a virus I got over the weekend and got very dehydrated. I just don't have the energy or ability to go to clinical's tomorro...

3. Just need to vent.... long

   sandylpn03 posted a topic in General Students

   I'm currently in an LPN program and will be finishing the first wk. of Dec. only 3.5 mths. to go. Well....low and behold I had to have emergency surgery on July 11 to have my gallbladder taken out. They had to cut me open, I had 37 staples and hav...

4. Need suggestions on book for IV Therapy Math

   sandylpn03 posted a topic in General Students

   We just started IV Therapy and our instructors didn't pick a book for us to order. While this is saving us some much needed $$ we have to work out of one small section in our Fundamentals and Med Surge books, there is no math problems or help in lea...

5. Nursing supply catalogs.....

   sandylpn03 replied to sandylpn03's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks I'm also looking for any sites that anyone on the board has had good luck with ordering from. Thanks for your help.

6. Nursing supply catalogs.....

   sandylpn03 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Can someone recommend any nursing supply catalogs you can order online? I'm from a rural area and we don't have a lot of access to these types of places. Or if you know of any good websites I can go to I'd appreciate it. Thanks for your help. San...

7. can anyone recommend a good digital voice recorder?

   sandylpn03 replied to kats's topic in General Students

   Wish I would have seen this thread yesterday.....I just purchased a digital recorder from Walmart too, it's the SonyICD-B7, it says it only has 150 minutes of record time max but I thought that meant you could move that lecture into one of the folder...

8. Vent about clinical instructors.....

   sandylpn03 posted a topic in General Students

   Hi all, just a question here, does anyone else who is in clincals this summer have instructors who are $#@%'s? I really don't understand why they have to be so mean about everything they say or do. About half of our class is wanting to quit now bec...

9. What do you dissect in A&P Lab?

   sandylpn03 replied to LoriB's topic in General Students

   For my A&P 2 class we disected a mink and a sheep heart. I felt so sorry for the little minks, the were furless and ugly and they stunk really bad too. I smelled mink the whole semester. UGH.

10. What do you use carring your books?

    sandylpn03 replied to justjenn's topic in General Students

    I had an L&Bean backpack that was huge when I was taking the pre-req's, when I started nursing school I got the one on wheels, most days we had to bring 3 or 4 big books and it got heavy, I couldn't even fit them all and a notebook in my reg. bac...

11. Stethoscopes anyone???

    sandylpn03 replied to cheripa's topic in General Students

    Love my Littman, you can hear through it wonderfully, I got it when I was an EMT and needed to hear over sirens. It works. I have the Classic II SE, sounds like a car but that's what they offered then. Sandy

12. Need help please.....

    sandylpn03 posted a topic in General Students

    Can anyone recommend a care plan book to use for L&D? Mainly for the mother, but with some information on the newborn. I have a general care plan book but nothing really fits. I'm starting my rotation in about 3 weeks and from what everyone's ...

13. EMT to RN?

    sandylpn03 replied to FutureRNMichael's topic in General Nursing

    I've been an EMT-B for 6 yrs. You do get a lot of experience working, esp. if you work in a big city, my first job was in downtown New Orleans and boy did I ever learn a few things there. The pay for EMT's in Louisiana is awful. I worked for Acadi...

14. "NEW" 25 to 35 yr. old students

    sandylpn03 replied to fnimat1's topic in General Students

    Hi, I'm 31 and have a 9 yr. old son, and three stepchildren, all over the age of 21. I'm in my summer semester of LPN school, graduate on Dec. 11 and must say I can't wait for it to fiinish. :D We're doing our OB/PEDS this summer along with IV The...

15. I get my Uniform soon

    sandylpn03 replied to Care Assistant's topic in General Nursing

    Our uniforms are all white with a button on thing(I call it a bib) going down the front, they are very comfortable and have lots of pockets but I dream of scrubs!